Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'parable' occurs 61 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'parable' in the standard works and contain 6.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 24:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 2 19
NT 32 15 47
Matt. 9 8 17
Mark 6 6 12
Luke 16 1 17
John 1 0 1
BM 0 0 0
DC 10 0 10
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 61 17 78

Matt. 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Matt. 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

Matt. 13:31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

Matt. 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Matt. 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Matt. 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Matt. 15:15
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Matt. 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Matt. 24:32
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Mark 4:13
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

Mark 7:17
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Mark 12:12
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Mark 13:28
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

Luke 5:36
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

Luke 6:39
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 8:4
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

Luke 8:9
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Luke 12:41
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

Luke 13:6
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

Luke 14:7
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

Luke 15:3
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

Luke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Luke 18:9
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Luke 19:11
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

Luke 20:9
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Luke 20:19
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 21:29
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

John 10:6
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.